In 1997, the first book of the Harry Potter series, the Philosopher's Stone, was published.
It's been twenty years since we first met the young wizard who lived in a closet under the stairs at Number 4 Privet Drive, in a perfectly regular family. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released on June 26, 1997, and while the initial edition of the hardback sold just 500 copies – 300 of which went to libraries – the series has already sold over 450 million copies worldwide and been translated into 67 languages.
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